quotations about destiny
Both body and life are predetermined, and the man has nothing to say in the matter: the individual is predetermined by the Great Will. The man is thus predestined, through the fact of his individuality, to a possible specific destiny; but, after the individuality is determined, he is given over to his own will, and his destiny is put into his own hands.
JOHN PHELPS FRUIT
"The Destiny of Marriage: Portia and the Caskets"
Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.
AESCHYLUS
The Oresteia
An unjust destiny is at variance with the will of the Almighty; a just destiny is merely the expression of his will: in no case is there room for destiny outside and above the deity. There is therefore no destiny apart from the will of God. By obedience to that will man may escape from evil, by opposing it he may bring evil on himself and his descendants.
EVELYN ABBOT
Hellenica
If you believe your destiny is controlled by fate, and your life is predetermined, I am sorry to inform you that you are already dead.
ROMEO MARRISHAW
Fantabulous Quotes of Wisdom
Destiny
Has once again surprised me
Oh destiny
Must want you here beside me
GLORIA ESTEFAN
"Destiny"
A glance, a word -- and joy or pain befalls.... How slight the links are in the chain that binds us to our destiny!
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
"Kismet"
God is the author and finisher of your destiny. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end of your destiny. He is the only one that can show you your destiny. As far as He is your manufacturer, He is the only one that can show you what you are fashioned to do.
HARRISON ENUDI
Fulfilling Your Destiny with Ease
Come to me
This is Destiny
Right now
Sing my song
Come along
Right now
SCHILLER
"Destiny", Voyage
Motive is a thread, work is a skein, destiny is a maze.
THOMAS ROBERT SLICER
Meditations
Destiny, the complicity of mankind in the self-disclosure of Being, must be freely chosen.
RICHARD ROJCEWICZ
The Gods and Technology
Destiny is the final end God has prepared for my journey. The vehicle that God has prepared to bring me to my destiny is my purpose on earth. God has wrapped up my destiny inside my purpose. No one can ever attain their God given destiny without first discovering his or her purpose. The reason God has made us here on earth.
BEN N. ISRAEL
15 Secrets You Crave to Know
The paradoxical nature of any revolt against destiny becomes clear when a person asks what his life would have been like if someone other than his actual father had begotten him; he forgets, of course, that in that case he would not have been "himself," that the person undergoing this different destiny would have been someone else entirely so that it would no longer be possible to speak of "his" destiny. The question of the possibility of a different destiny is therefore untenable in itself, self-contradictory and meaningless.
VIKTOR EMIL FRANKL
The Doctor and the Soul
I watched the spinning stars, grateful, sad and proud, as only a man who has outlived his destiny and realizes he might yet forge himself another, can be.
ROGER ZELAZNY
Isle of the Dead
Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.
OSCAR WILDE
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Ah me, thou Destiny,
Giver of evil gifts.
AESCHYLUS
The Seven Against Thebes
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
Triumph and Tragedy
I am the captain of my destiny,
I do not abandon the ship in hard times,
But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
JOSEPH JULIUS BONKOWSKI
Quote Me
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
AGNES DE MILLE
Dance to the Piper
Many people don't think much about their destiny, and may even be intimidated by the term, mistakenly believing that something as grand as "destiny" is reserved for historical figures, spiritual leaders, and famous people. I firmly believe that every one of us has a destiny, and to discover what it is, we have to connect with what makes us feel the most vibrant and joyful.
PEGGY MCCOLL
Your Destiny Switch
Destiny is the course of events which is followed by those who are content to go with the tide.
ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE
The Book of Destiny